The hours are equivalent to 39+ man-days. Not sure if it includes travel time to and from the work site(s). I would surminse that the average contact time is probably 10 minutes or so per legal vessel and 20-30 minutes per vessel when citations/warnings/explanations are being made.

The contacts were probably not "random". It is more time effective to watch a group or an individual before contact is made to verify that they are actively engaged in the licensed activity.

I would say that there were at least two and probably 3 officers per patrol vessel. If one of the larger patrol vessels, like the Guffler, was used, then there would be one or two officers on board it. They could be doing the observation and directing the smaller contact boat(s).

If one assumes an average of four people per vessel contacted, that almost 220 vessels contacted - just under 1 per hour. That is probably pretty close considering run time from contact to contact has to be included in the hours logged.

If you factor out travel time to and from home to the work site, the contact rate/hour do increase some.